True2Life wrote:
What puzzles me is that Iconic are said in this article to have purchased 50% of the performing and image rights of the Ferry and Roxy back catalogue. I thought most of the other artists mentioned, plus Bruce Springsteen who sold his back catalogue back to Sony for a huge sum, had sold it in its entirety. Presumably the other non-Iconic 50% remains with Bryan, but who owns Roxy's? Is it split between Bryan, Phil and Andy? I've no idea.
What happens if both sides disagree how to exploit the repertoire - 50% each means stalemate. I just hope it means a speeding-up of the deluxe releases of RM albums 2 to 8, but I'll believe it when it happens.
Do a search for a company called Laminmoor, which BF owns 50% of with PM/AM owning 25% each. So the 50% would make sense if BF had sold his share of this company wrt Roxy, but then wouldn't account for his solo stuff.